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Steeple Aston April 2021 Issue No. 572 Inside SAL this month: • Visiting Bletchingdon • Gardening jobs for April • Eggs: cooking and dyeing • Easter maze and word play • And much more HARRIS’S STORES & POST OFFICE Opening hours: 7.30am - 7.30pm (Mon-Fri) 8.00am - 7.30pm (Sat) 8.00am - 6.00pm (Sun) PRODUCTS AVAILABLE Fresh bread from Nash’s Bakery. Fresh meat and poultry. Quality frozen fish and sea-food. Organic free-range eggs. Bread rolls and baguettes baked daily on the premises. Cakes: a taste of home-made. Off-licence with a wide range of beers, wines and spirits. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Top-up for mobiles, gas and electric. Fax and photocopying services. Dry cleaning agent. National Lottery tickets and much more. Thank you all for your continued support. Please let us know of any ideas or suggestions you may have of ways in which we can extend our services to you. Tel: 01869 340201 e-mail: [email protected] April 2021: CONTENTS Click on the item below to go straight to its page. To return to Contents, click on the page number at the foot of any page. APRIL FEATURES PAGE Steeple People 7 Lockdown cookbook 5 Sustainable Steeple 23 Do rabbits lay chocolate eggs? 12 Plant a tree 13 REPORTS FROM CLUBS PAGE Walking in Oxfordshire 31 & SOCIETIES Bee-friendly gardening 27 AD&D Photographic Society 34 Cricket Report 35 REGULAR FEATURES PAGE Golf Society 33 Arts page 8 Valentine Club 31 Child’s Play 20 Women’s Institute 30 Church Matters 39 Crossword 21 INFORMATION PAGE Crossword answers 26 Bus times 43 Editorial 3 Calendar 44 Gardening Spot 11 Church Services 42 Have you ever been to…? 22 Directory 2 In the Kitchen 18-19 Noticeboard 4 Poetry Corner 17 Rubbish bin collection dates 43 Steeplejack 14-15 Village Hall News 27 Cover photo: Nigel Francis. Steeple Aston’s Maisie and Ted at the Easter Bunnies table. Steeple Aston COPY ADVERTS All adverts, and all advertising queries All articles and letters to the Editors (availability, prices, dimensions, suitability of [email protected] illustrations, etc.) to Charlotte Bartlett [email protected] 01869 347347 COPY DEADLINES ADVERTISING DEADLINES The copy deadline for SAL has now Please note: there is a new deadline for changed to the 15th of each month. adverts (black & white only), which should be submitted no later than the 15th of the The copy deadline for the May 2021 month. th issue is therefore 15 April. ADVERTISING RATES Non-commercial adverts: READ STEEPLE ASTON LIFE ONLINE 1 page (village events only)- £15 ½ page - £12, ¼ page- £6. https://www.steepleaston.org.uk/sal-magazine Commercial adverts: ½ page- £15, ¼ page- £ 8 1 Steeple Aston Directory Age UK Richard Preston 340512 Nigel Grugeon Allotments (Church) SACAA Clerk [email protected] Angling Club Antony Morley [email protected] Archive (SAVA) Chairman Martin Lipson 347046 Badminton (Tuesday mornings) Barbara Brewer 340423 Badminton (Thursday evenings) Lydia Powell 347746 Beekeepers (Swarm collection, advice) Paul Honigmann 340665 Bell ringers Graham & Dorothy Clifton 347273 Hand-bell ringers Sally Cooper 347173 Brownies Fiona McLoone 340132 Catholic Church - Father Tony Joyce 01608 642703 St Teresa's (Charlbury) Cherwell District Council Bodicote House 01295 227001 Choral Society Chair Ann Livings 233518 Church of England (St Peter & St Paul) Rector Rev Marcus Green 340903 Church Wardens Eileen Baglin-Jones, Graham Clifton 340099 , 347273 Methodist Church – Tackley Rev Paul Carter 01865 243216 Steward Tim Bailey 01869 331516 Councillors - Cherwell District Council Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes 07805 665393 Cllr Bryn Williams 07836 271998 Cllr Hugo Brown Cricket Club Chairman Peter Higgins 347493 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 Deddington Guides Marian Trinder 340806, 07786001641 Deddington Health Centre Appointments 338611 Repeat Prescriptions 10am - 3pm 338847 Out of Hours 111 Dr Radcliffe's C of E School Head Teacher Frances Brown 340204 Football Club Secretary Peter Wild 07950 837773 Garden Club Chairman Richard Preston 340512 Golf Society Chairman Alan Brewer 340423 Horticultural Society Show Secretary Vicky Clifton 07817 025948 Parish Council Chairman / Clerk Richard MacAndrew/ Cathy Fleet 347209, 347000 Police 24hr Call Centre (non emergency) 101 Post Office & Harris Stores Raj 340201 Pre-school 340863 Public House Red Lion Aidan & Kegan Madden 340225 Robinson’s Close Letting Agent Katie Rushworth 340196 Scouts Group Colin Cassford 243038 Sports & Recreation Centre Letting Agent Katie Rushworth 340196 Steeple Aston Walking Group Penny, Stuart, Sue and Graham [email protected] Toddler Group Charlotte Clarke 07799 030490 Valentine Club Richard & Daphne Preston 340512 Village Hall (see advertisement) Letting Agent Katie Rushworth 340196 Village Website www.steepleaston.org.uk Editor: Jenny Bell 347714 Volunteer Connect - 0300 3030125 Community transport scheme Women's Institute President Linda Needle 340028 2 Editorial “....folly is not always folly.” “Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more Jane Austen fools in it than ever.” (Charles Lamb, essayist and poet, 1775 to 1834). It is a convention that an editor, in their April edition, includes an item Steeple Aston of fake news, otherwise known as an April Fool. In a break with this April 2021 tradition, I have decided not to include any such nonsense in this issue. And if you believe that, I have fooled you already! Issue No. 572 As I write, stage one of lockdown easing is already underway. Two Editors: people from different households can now meet outside for iced coffee Angela Smith and Robert Scott (the drink might have started hot, but the cold weather will soon change [email protected] that!). Stage two, in mid-April, will see the opening of all shops, hairdressers and beauty salons. Stage three, in mid-May, allows pubs Treasurer: Vaughan Billings 01869 340857 and restaurants to serve customers indoors; theatres and cinemas will also be able to open. Stage four, from mid-June, removes all remaining Secretary:Jenny Taylor restrictions. All this, of course, is dependent on a continuing fall in 01869 340551 Covid-19 cases. Life should slowly return to normal, with services inside Advertising: the Church and a programme of activities and events in the village hall. Charlotte Bartlett Steeple Aston Life will bring you all the details as and when they 01869 347347 become available. [email protected] Deliveries: In the meantime, we continue to suggest online music and theatre to Stuart & Penny Cummins keep you entertained. There is also a crossword to tax the little grey 01869 349155 cells, plus a maze to solve and a seasonal word game. Enjoy. [email protected] This issue of SAL is, like many others, printed in black-and-white. To Layout design: see the photographs in glorious colour visit the digital edition at: Edward Dowler, Martin Lipson steepleaston.org.uk/sal-magazine/ Committee: Stay safe. Edwina Kinch, Jenny Bell, Sue McLean, Nigel Francis Robert Photo: A Comma butterfly photographed by Ben Wade-Martins in April 2020. Once a rare sight in Britain, the Comma has made a successful comeback in the last 40 years. 3 Steeple Aston Noticeboard CORONAVIRUS MESSAGE FROM DEDDINGTON HEALTH CENTRE Coronavirus Vaccine:Correction: Please Last domonth not contactwe incorrectly Deddington cited HealthMartin CentreDale as regarding being the vaccine. The NHSa member will let of you the know Horticultural when it isSociety. your turn. In fact, It is importantMartin is notnot ato contact the NHS or your practicemember for of athe vaccination society. before then. Thank you. If you are concerned that you might have Coronavirus, or have been in contact with someone who has it, please do not come to the surgery. Stay at home, avoid close contact with other people and use the NHS online Coronavirus service https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19 to find out what to do next. Masks are now required for all visits to the Centre, including the Pharmacy. Over 50? Had a positive COVID test with symptoms? Researchers need your help. People aged over 50 who have had a positive COVID test and are showing symptoms of the virus are being sought for research into helping them get better quickly. Over 50s with certain underlying health conditions and all over-65s with suspected COVID-19 can apply to take part in the University of Oxford study at participating GP practices (which include the Deddington Health Centre) or www.principletrial.org. Participants are randomly allocated to receive usual care or usual care and an existing medication. It is hoped the trial can prevent people in these groups needing to go to hospital. Contact [email protected] / 0800 138 0880. Baby girl for Angela Smith Congratulations to Angela Smith, co-editor of Steeple Aston Life, and her husband David on the birth of their baby daughter. “Elodie Poppy Smith was born at 1.28pm on Friday 19th February 2021 weighing 9lbs exactly,” writes Angela. “She certainly kept us waiting, as she was 18 days late! Elodie is already bright and alert and has been treated to many cuddles and kisses from her big brother James. She’s looking forward to meeting everyone when lockdown lifts.” Angela moved to Steeple Aston five years ago, and took over as co-editor of SAL early in 2020, but is currently on maternity leave. 4 What have you cooked during Lockdown? We thought it might be fun to collect some of the recipes people in the village have used while we were following the rules and staying at home! They might be tried and much tested old favourites, or perhaps experiments tried out to relieve the tedium of some of those boring days when there were few highlights and we had to find excitement indoors. Collected together the recipes could make a record of what we were making in our kitchens during the pandemic and in the future when life has become normal again, act as a reminder of this year which has been like no other.